Overview

• The Diputación Provincial de Granada completed the formal acquisition of La Calahorra castle on July 30 in a symbolic ceremony attended by President Francis Rodríguez and Mayor Alejandro Ramírez.
• Negotiated in April for €6.5 million, the purchase brings an end to decades of private stewardship that had restricted public access to one weekday per week.
• Officials plan phased restorations with key infrastructure upgrades—particularly water and sanitation works—to avoid full closures during rehabilitation.
• A comprehensive visitor capacity study will establish safe occupancy limits for each floor ahead of a scheduled public opening in the coming months.
• The public takeover is designed to boost cultural programming, enhance tourism and support regional economic development to combat local depopulation.